A moon shines indoors, bats fly through the stacks, and a wolf howls in the distance. That's unexpected-even for the Nightingale Library. A parade of zombie monks is marching through, and they're eating books. The only hope? Mary Shelley and Ben Franklin. Between Mary's monster of books and Ben's electricity, will the zombies be defeated?

It's the assistant librarian's birthday! When the Nightingale Library pages surprise him, the shock is theirs-a Minotaur has turned the Library into a deadly labyrinth! Apollo, Perseus, Theseus, and Ariadne have entered the Library to help out. Can these Greek gods and goddesses help the kids find their way out of this maze?

Three stories of terror: Adam and David go kayaking. Trouble awaits them in the water. The hungry kind of trouble. -- Katie screams when she sees a mouse. And another one. And another one. And another one. -- Kelly pursues a dream role in the school play. Offstage, her life is becoming a nightmare.

Simon prefers computer games to reality until a turn of events may mean game over forever; Catherine wonders if the customer is always right when one particular one seems very wrong; and, Juliet keeps getting urgent text messages from a stranger.